Carrot Parisian is an organically grown, very popular, French carrot variety. This variety produces a prolific amount of little, round and deep orange carrots. The carrots grow to about 2½ - 4 cm in size and they have a delicious, sweet flavour. This variety is fast growing. Cover the shoulders to prevent them turning green and to prevent contamination with carrot fly. The nearby sowing of marigolds and onions can also help to prevent contamination with carrot fly. This variety is particularly suited for growing in heavier soils and containers. Can be frozen to store.

Sow outdoors under glass (cover) from February on. Don't sow carrots indoors in trays because transplanting of the seedlings can cause splitting of the roots. Sow sparingly and cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil. Cover the soil with fleece and some transparent perforated plastic foil. Keep the soil moist and remove the fleece and perforated plastic foil each day for about 15 minutes to air the seeds. Remove the fleece and plastic foil when the seedlings have emerged. Thin the seedlings to 5 cm for thin varieties and 10 cm for winter carrots.

Sow outdoors from April on, when there's no longer any danger of nightfrost. Sow on a sunny plot with freedraining soil and loosen the soil about 25 - 30 cm deep to help the carrots to grow straight and to a good size. Don't use extra fertilizer because this causes the carrots to become hairy and forked. Carrot seeds are very tiny and dark so it is important to mark the sowing spot.

Thin the seedlings 2 - 3 weeks after germination to about 5 - 10 cm apart. Water the carrots regularly and weed often to make sure that the carrots grow on. Harvest the carrots with a pitch fork. Harvest a row of carrots at the same time, because harvesting can attract the carrotfly. Carrots can be kept in the fridge for a couple of days. They can be frozen to store. You can store winter carrots by putting them in wooden boxes filled with sand. Twist of the foliage of the carrots. First put a layer of moist sand in the wooden box and put 1 layer of carrots on this and then you cover the carrots with another layer of sand. End with a layer of sand. Beware of mice. Store the boxes in a dark, frostfree and cool place.